Hmm we might be a bit closer to getting you mobile in the II+ World. I haven't
done anything with it aside from take photos as yet. But I came home with a clone II+ this arvo.

It needs a bit of cleansing and some TLC, but we might be able to use it to get
yours going. It came with a couple of interesting bits and pieces, no serial card though. I do however have my sights set on another one thats up at the moment, its heading for $25 now, if it gets over that I'm out.

If it doesn't come through, I might have to go back to my original lead. I've been dredding that a bit, turns out I know the guy that has it, and he
was never fun to deal with. However he's meant to have one for ~$15..

Spec


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Hmm we might be a bit closer to getting you mobile in the II+ World. I haven't
done anything with it aside from take photos as yet. But I came home with a clone II+ this arvo.

Nice! :)

It needs a bit of cleansing and some TLC, but we might be able to use
it to get
yours going. It came with a couple of interesting bits and pieces, no serial card though. I do however have my sights set on another one
thats up at the moment, its heading for $25 now, if it gets over that
I'm out.

If it doesn't come through, I might have to go back to my original
lead. I've been dredding that a bit, turns out I know the guy that has
it, and he was never fun to deal with. However he's meant to have one
for ~$15..

Keep me posted. I'll probably be a little intermittent this weekend. I'm in Geelong for a 3 day track meet. Got the Linux netbook with me for some BBSing during downtime. :)


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Nice! :)

Well despite some initial bonuses, it was relatively clean. Looks to me like it
was stored well for a long time, then recently someone maybe not the person that stored it originally got hold of it and left it in the open. So I ripped it down washed the case, and tidied it up, she looks perdy now..

On the down side it also has a dead power supply. Open the box up, its got the required blown fuse, 1 burnt out resistor, a second badly damaged right next to it, a shorted power transistor, and a blown diode in the bridge...I replaced all that, and.... The smoke didn't get out, it didn't explode in fact
it didn't do anything at all, no power anywhere. I'm still thinking about this
one. I have plenty of ATX supplies, might have to do one of those and put fixing this one on the back burner for now.

Keep me posted. I'll probably be a little intermittent this weekend.

Intermittent away. The fleabay card has gotten over $30 so I'm out of that one.
I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled.

Spec


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On 01-25-20 13:52, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Nice! :)

Well despite some initial bonuses, it was relatively clean. Looks to me like it
was stored well for a long time, then recently someone maybe not the person that stored it originally got hold of it and left it in the
open. So I ripped it down washed the case, and tidied it up, she looks perdy now..

Nice. :)

On the down side it also has a dead power supply. Open the box up,
its got the required blown fuse, 1 burnt out resistor, a second badly damaged right next to it, a shorted power transistor, and a blown diode
in the bridge...I replaced all that, and.... The smoke didn't get out,
it didn't explode in fact
it didn't do anything at all, no power anywhere. I'm still thinking
about this
one. I have plenty of ATX supplies, might have to do one of those and put fixing this one on the back burner for now.

Bummer, that's a bit of a pain. Oh well. :/

Keep me posted. I'll probably be a little intermittent this weekend.

Intermittent away. The fleabay card has gotten over $30 so I'm out of
that one.

Yeah, a bit of fun at the track. :)



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put fixing this one on the back burner for now.

Bummer, that's a bit of a pain. Oh well. :/

At some point I'm going to need a photo of your motherboard. There are a few different power sockets kicking around. Be good to get it identified to prevent
future problems.

Spec


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On 01-26-20 19:21, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-

put fixing this one on the back burner for now.

Bummer, that's a bit of a pain. Oh well. :/

At some point I'm going to need a photo of your motherboard. There are
a few different power sockets kicking around. Be good to get it
identified to prevent
future problems.

OK, will have to do that at some stage. :)



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On 01-23-20 15:29, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-

Hmm we might be a bit closer to getting you mobile in the II+ World. I haven't done anything with it aside from take photos as yet. But I
came home with a clone II+ this arvo.

Cool. AFAIK mine works except for the PSU. I have to move some cards from a Japanese clone, but that's a trivial exercise.

It needs a bit of cleansing and some TLC, but we might be able to use
it to get yours going. It came with a couple of interesting bits and pieces, no serial card though. I do however have my sights set on
another one thats up at the moment, its heading for $25 now, if it gets over that I'm out.

If it doesn't come through, I might have to go back to my original
lead. I've been dredding that a bit, turns out I know the guy that has
it, and he was never fun to deal with. However he's meant to have one
for ~$15..

OK, cool. There's been some other changes my end, all for the better, but I'd rather use netmail or email.


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